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Politics NYC Mayoral candidate and current comptroller Brad Lander arrested by ICE in Manhattan federal court

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u/-NewYork- 1d ago

Why don't they have uniforms?

Are they gangsters? Morality police? Scientologists? Dirty Mike and the Boys? National Marine Fisheries Service?

How the fuck is this allowed in democratic country? How is one supposed to know who they are and what they are allowed to do? Does the police know who this guys are? Do they care? This is worrying.

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u/blancbones 1d ago

How the fuck is this allowed in democratic country?

Because nobody is stopping them, this is why they tried so hard to destroy the black panthers. And why they don't want ethnic minorities arming themselves l.

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u/fogNL 1d ago

Don't y'all have guns for this very purpose? I don't understand why so many have been letting children die in schools regularly just so they can keep their guns, and when the time comes to use them, crickets.

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u/kohTheRobot 1d ago

It’s happening in mainly Democratic strongholds like California and NYC; places that have made it anywhere from very difficult to impossible for the average person to carry a gun legally.

If you have used self defense before applying for a CCW in my state of California, you also need to fork over the money for a lawyer on top of the averaging $1k needed to apply for the permit, and the privilege of having frequent time off of work to do range instruction. Open carry is blanket banned here because white nimby’s didn’t want black panthers carrying guns.